Clinton Delphi plant to close

CLINTON — The Delphi plant in Clinton will close by Dec. 31, taking 280 jobs from the city.

Company spokeswoman Rachelle Valdez said Wednesday that layoffs will begin Nov. 16 at the plant, which opened in the early 1970s.

“We’ve been expecting this for two years, and that it would happen sooner rather than later,” Clinton Mayor Rosemary Aultman said. “Anytime you have people losing their jobs, you empathize and sympathize with them.”